# Eleanor Knowles

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{{short description|American author and editor}}
'''Eleanor Knowles Laney''' (February 28, 1932 – July 17, 2010) was a vice president of [Deseret Book](/source/Deseret_Book) and an author and editor who wrote many [Mormon](/source/Mormon)-related books. She was a key figure in the  publication of the [LDS edition of the Bible](/source/LDS_edition_of_the_Bible) and the other [standard works](/source/standard_works) in 1979–81.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}

==Biography==
Knowles was born and raised in [Ogden, Utah](/source/Ogden%2C_Utah). She graduated from Ogden High School and then attended the [University of Utah](/source/University_of_Utah) where she boarded with [John A. Widtsoe](/source/John_A._Widtsoe) and his wife Leah. After one year, she transferred to [Utah State University](/source/Utah_State_University) where she eventually became the campus newspaper editor.

From 1954 to 1959, Knowles worked for the ''[Deseret News](/source/Deseret_News)''.  She then moved to [New York City](/source/New_York_City) where she edited ''[Supervisory Management](/source/Supervisory_Management)'' and then worked for [Cornell University Medical School](/source/Cornell_University_Medical_School).  She was president of the [Young Women's Mutual Improvement Association](/source/Young_Women_(organization)) (YWMIA) of the New York New York [Stake](/source/Stake_(LDS_Church)).

Knowles returned to Utah in 1965 to serve as an editor with the ''[Improvement Era](/source/Improvement_Era)''. In 1969, she joined Deseret Book as the first full-time editor. She later became a vice president of that company. During these years, Knowles served as a member of the general board of the YWMIA.

Knowles wrote biographies of [Howard W. Hunter](/source/Howard_W._Hunter) and [William J. Critchlow, Jr.](/source/William_J._Critchlow%2C_Jr.) She also wrote many articles for the ''[Ensign](/source/Ensign_(LDS_magazine))'' and edited books by several [general authorities](/source/General_authority). Knowles retired from Deseret Book in 1994.{{efn|Knowles also contributed two articles to the Encyclopedia of Mormonism in 1992, one on "Deseret Book Company" and the second under "Doctrine - Treatises on Doctrine."}}

In February 2007, Knowles married Richard B. Laney, a former editorial editor of the ''Deseret News'', in the [Bountiful Utah Temple](/source/Bountiful_Utah_Temple).

==Notes==
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==Sources==
*''[Church News](/source/Church_News)'', July 24, 2010, p. 13{{full citation needed|date=March 2017}}
*Lynn Arave, [https://archive.today/20121021021717/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700053322/Noted-editor-Eleanor-Knowles-Laney-first-female-vice-president-of-Deseret-Book-dies.html "Eleanor Knowles Laney, first female vice president of Deseret Book, dies"], ''Deseret News'', August 3, 2010
*[http://www.standard.net/topics/deaths/2010/07/19/eleanor-knowles-laney-salt-lake-city-utah Ogden ''Standard-Examiner'', July 19, 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718163631/http://www.standard.net/topics/deaths/2010/07/19/eleanor-knowles-laney-salt-lake-city-utah |date=July 18, 2011 }}
"Encyclopedia of Mormonism" Eleanor Knowles - article - "Deseret Book Company" Volume 1, p. 374; article - "Doctrine-Treatises on Doctrine", volume 1, pages 403-404.

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